compound

Plural: compounds

Noun

• a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts
• (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
• an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient)
• An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
• An enclosure for secure storage.
• A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
• Anything made by combining several things.
• A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
• A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
• A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
• A legal procedure whereby a criminal or delinquent avoids prosecution in a court in exchange for his payment to the authorities of a financial penalty or fine.
• A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. "bookshop", "high school" or "non-standard".
• A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
• Ellipsis of compound exercise.

Verb

Verb Forms: compounded, compounding, compounds

• To combine or mix; to make something worse.
• make more intense, stronger, or more marked; ,
• put or add together
• calculate principal and interest
• create by mixing or combining
• combine so as to form a whole; mix
  • "compound the ingredients"
• To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
• To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
• To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
• To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
• To compose; to constitute.
• To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
• To worsen a situation.
• Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.

Adjective

• composed of more than one part; compound flower heads"
  • "compound leaves are composed of several lobes; "

Adjective Satellite

• consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts
  • "soap is a compound substance"
  • "housetop is a compound word"
  • "a blackberry is a compound fruit"
• composed of many distinct individuals united to form a whole or colony

Adj

• Composed of elements; not simple.
• Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
• An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).

Examples

• a compound word
• compound addition
• compound proportion
• Every triple word score could compound his lead, making it insurmountable.
• to compound a debt
• to compound a medicine
• to compound with someone / for something

Synonyms

chemical compound, colonial, combine, deepen, heighten, intensify, With malice, accord, add fuel to the fire, add insult to injury, admix, agree, amalgam, amalgamate, bemingle, blend, cap it all off, coexist, cohere, coincide, combination, commingle, comport, compose, composite, compound, compound word, comprise, comprobate, compromise, concur, consent, constitute, correspond, fan the flames, form, gaol, harmonize, hit someone when they are down, indite, intermingle, intermix, jail, kick a dog when it's down, kick someone when they are down, make matters worse, make up, mang, meddle, meet, ming, mingle, mix, mix up, mixture, pen, pound, prison, punch down, put the boot in, represent, rub it in, rub salt in the wound, settle, strike someone when they are down, tally, throw gasoline on the fire, twist the knife, upmake

Antonyms

simple

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